Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun intercostal

1 sense of intercostal

Sense 1
intercostal, intercostal muscle, musculus intercostalis -- (muscles between the ribs; they contract during inspiration)
       => skeletal muscle, striated muscle -- (a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes)

Similarity of adj intercostal

1 sense of intercostal

Sense 1
intercostal -- (located or occurring between the ribs; "intercostal muscles")